Role of CSE1L expression in determining recurrence and survival of laryngeal tumors.

Purpose: The correlation of CSE1L (human chromosomal segregation 1-like) staining intensity with disease-free survival, disease recurrence and development of distant metastases in Advanced Laryngeal Tumors.

Methods: Specimens of patients with advanced glottic larynx cancer (T3, T4) were evaluated for nuclear CSE1L staining intensity. According to mild, moderate and severe CSE1L staining, patients were compared in terms of disease-free survival, disease recurrence and development of distant metastases.

Correlation of PET-CT, MRI and histopathology findings in the follow-up of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer.

Introduction: Surgical treatment options are limited for nasopharyngeal cancer for many reasons including epidemiological and histological properties, proximity to important structures, heavy lymphatic drainage, and the difficulty in ensuring a safe surgical margin; therefore primary treatment is generally radiotherapy and chemotherapy. With current radiotherapy technology, oncological success has been increased and the quality of life of patients during the post- radiotherapy period is improved.

Objective: The role of magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission-computed tomography in the follow-up of recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer patients who were initially treated with radiotherapy was evaluated with respect to histopathological findings.

The role of CSE1L expression in cervical lymph node metastasis of larynx tumors.

Introduction: According to international reports, 30-40% of all head and neck cancers are larynx cancers, comprising 1-2.5% of all cancer types. Cervical nodal involvement has been reported to be 40% and 65% in T3 and T4 cases, respectively.

Voice and Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Diode Laser for Tis-T1a Glottic Cancer.

The aim of this prospective study was to analyze the voice and quality-of-life outcomes of microscopic diode laser surgery (MDLS). The study was conducted on a series of 46 patients with Tis-T1a glottic carcinoma treated with microscopic endolaryngeal diode laser surgery. Patients were asked to complete the Voice Handicap Index and quality-of-life questionnaires of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer.

The Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma on the Temporomandibular Joint After Radiotherapy in Rabbits.

Objectives: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) was administered into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) space, which had been exposed to radiotherapy (RT), in an attempt to prevent and/or treat the late-term complications associated with RT when used for the treatment of head and neck cancers (nasopharyngeal cancer in particular) on the musculoskeletal system.

Methods: A total of 13 adult male New Zealand ( Oryctolagus cuniculus) rabbits were used in the study. The animals were classified into 3 groups: 6 in the RT group, 6 in the RT+PRP group, and 1 in the control group (exposed to neither).

Lip cancer: Reconsidering the at-risk patients with pathological assessment.

Objectives: This study was aimed to overview the treatment protocols of lip cancer and find out a cutoff point of tumor diameter and depth of invasion (DOI) for the survival parameters.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and ninety-one patients with lip SCC were studied.

Results: The average age of the patients was 62 years.

Jugular Bulb Anatomy for Lateral Skull Base Approaches.

Background: This study was designed to define the detailed anatomical relations of the jugular bulb with the facial nerve, sigmoid sinus, otic capsule, and internal acoustic canal allowing the safe management of the jugular bulb.

Methods: Thirty-five formalin-perfused cadaveric temporal bones that had well mastoid and petrous pneumatization without any neurovascular variations on computed tomography scan were selected for the study. The bones were dissected via translabyrinthine approach.

Long-Term Results of Partial Laryngectomized Patients.

Aim: This study was to present long-term oncological results, as well as the variables, that can increase nodal metastasis and reduce survival in patients diagnosed in the early and late stages of laryngeal cancer.

Methods: A total of 85 patients were included in the study. These patients were grouped as supracricoid partial laryngectomy (PL), supraglottic horizontal PL, and vertical frontolateral PL.

Swallowing and Aspiration: How Much Is Affected by the Number of Arytenoid Cartilages Remaining After Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy?

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of the presence of one or two arytenoids on early/late period swallowing-aspiration functions.

Methods: Supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SCPL) with the diagnosis of laryngeal cancer between 2012 and 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. The patients were categorized into two groups as follows: group I, patients who underwent SCPL with one arytenoid cartilage and group II, patients who underwent SCPL with two arytenoid cartilages.

Long-term effects of parotidectomy.

The present study investigated the long-term complications of parotidectomy, the differences in these complications in regard to the pathological diagnosis and type of surgery. The patients were questioned regarding the presence of facial paresis-paralysis, pain, loss of sensation, scarring, collapse, and mouth dryness in the area of operation. Complaints of pain (p = 0.

A Pulmonary Tuberculosis Case Presented with Tonsillar Involvement.

Tonsillar tuberculosis is a rare form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. We reported a case with tonsillar tuberculosis secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis in this paper. A 26 year old, unimmunocompromised man admitted to head and neck surgery clinic with complaints of fever, throat ache and difficulty swallowing.

A Rare Entity: Adult Asymptomatic Giant Vallecular Cyst.

Background. Cysts in the larynx are rare and generally asymptomatic. However, large cysts in adults can be symptomatic.

Effect of the Rhinoplasty Technique and Lateral Osteotomy on Periorbital Edema and Ecchymosis.

Aim: The present study aimed to compare edema and ecchymosis in the early and late postoperative periods following the application of different surgical techniques (open and endonasal) and different types of lateral osteotomy (internal and external).

Methods: The files and photographs of a total of 120 patients whose records were regularly maintained/updated and who underwent septorhinoplasty operation with the same surgeon were retrospectively evaluated. Sixty-nine (57.

[Provox 2 use for voice restoration after total laryngectomy].

Objectives: This study aims to determine the problems of patients applied provox 2 voice prosthesis for speech rehabilitation with their prosthesis and our treatment modalities to increase the quality of life of these patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 210 patients (180 males, 30 females; mean age 58±11.9 years; range 37 to 83 years) who underwent total laryngectomy, applied and changed provox 2 voice prosthesis for voice restoration were included in the study.

The effect of radiotherapy on mucociliary clearance in patients with laryngeal and nasopharyngeal cancer.

The present study aimed to demonstrate how the nasal mucociliary transport times are affected in the patients receiving radiotherapy for head-neck tumor in two different anatomic localizations. The study included 44 patients receiving radiotherapy under the diagnoses of the nasopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer. The mucociliary transport times of both groups were measured via saccharine tablets before radiotherapy, and at months 3 and 6 after radiotherapy.

Nonmelanoma facial skin carcinomas: methods of treatment.

Aim: The objective was to present in this study the administered treatment, reconstruction, and outcomes for lesions excised according to a prediagnosis of facial tumor, whose pathological finding was reported as nonmelanoma skin tumor.

Methods: A total of 178 patients with full medical histories who were operated on for skin tumors in the Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic of Ankara Oncology Education and Research Hospital between February 2010 and March 2012 were evaluated retrospectively. The test group was made up of 125 men (70%) and 53 women (30%), with a median age of 56 years (range, 29-89 years).

[The correlation of positron emission tomography-computed tomography assessment with histopathological results in the diagnosis of head and neck cancer of unknown primary].

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the extent of the correlation between positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) and histopathological and/or cytological evaluations in demonstrating malignancy and identifying the primary in patients with head and neck tumors of unknown primary.

Patients And Methods: The excision records and files of 32 patients (24 males and 8 females; mean age 54.2 years; range 24 to 75 years) with previous PET-CT evaluations performed due to a mass with an unknown origin and to identify the primary were retrospectively analyzed.